Milestone Monday

Ok, So apparently today is the day of many posts! I guess it makes up for the time lapse between the last few...

I have to write these down so they are documented and also so I can put them in Miss Malin's baby book. Ever since Malin hit 6 months she has been hitting new milestones a "mile" a minute! Lets begin with scooting around at 6 months, then all the sudden right around 7 months, boom! She is on the move crawling all over. Don't think for a second that her blinking, bright music filled toys could possibly be more exciting than outlets and wires! Also, as of yesterday Garrett and I have discovered a little white speck on her gums and feel the sharpness of a possible tooth arriving soon! I cannot believe it but things are happening and Malin is growing up! We are very much enjoying this stage as it quickly goes forward, whether we're ready or not!


Ciao!

Birthday Weekend of Fun!

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday Dear Grady, Dad and Nicole! Happy Birthday to YOU!

Oh Yes, it was a busy busy Birthday Weekend! We were able to celebrate the birthdays of 3 VERY special people!

First to kick it off was the 1st Birthday of our dear Nephew Grady!


January 2010


January 2011

Happy Birthday Sweet Grady Boy! We are so happy and blessed to have you as our nephew and are very thankful for you in our lives! We love you for many reasons but here are a few:
1. Your contagious laugh( I think I am one of your biggest fans as you always have me laughing)
2. How much fun it is to watch you and Malin play together
3. You are curious and we love watching you learn new things and explore your surroundings!

To many more birthdays together! xx D, G and Malin


We also celebrated two other very special people! My Dad's birthday Sunday and Nicole's today!We had a great time together with lots of family and friends in town (Amanda so glad you were here for all the parties!!) and celebrating these birthdays of very special people!!! Until the next birthday....

Ciao,

D Stone

Visitors

We enjoyed a wonderful visit two weekends ago from Garrett's parents and brother Brannon. It was a great for them to see Malin, how much she is growing and changing and spend some quality time together! It flew by as is expected when you're having fun and are always busy! We were of course entertained the whole weekend by many of Malin's "tricks", great meals, walks and a few basketball games!Many pictures were taken but I'll add a few of my favorites that sum up the great weekend! See you again Stone Family!!


Malin's First Swing Ride



Bakesale Betty with the Boys




Malin with G&G Stone



Ciao, D Stone

Food Fight!

So... Malin hit her 6 month mark a few weeks back, and so began her venture into "adult food"! We began with rice cereal which actually went better than I had imagined! Although it seemed like most ended up outside of her mouth, the whole bowl was cleaned out at the end.


Malin enjoying her rice cereal




After a meal of peas!

We also have dipped our spoons into peas and pears as well. Some have gone better than others, but as to be expected I suppose!
You can see Malin is sitting like a queen in her new high chair! This New Year for Malin brings lots of fun, visitors and Mangos!

Ciao,

D Stone

Holiday Mayhem..

I'll admit blogging is not as easy as I thought it would be. I mean this in the sense that it is hard to find time to actually be able to sit down write something interesting and also find good pictures to go along with my words. Kudos to all of you who update frequently, and whose blogs I read instead of doing my own! The holiday season has almost completely passed with New Years right around the corner. Thanksgiving and Christmas went off with a bang and actually rather smoothly as our first holidays with Malin.

Thanksgiving was spent this year at our cousins the Belligs. Here are a few Thanksgiving favorites!

Family Portrait


Little G and big G having a stare down!


Christmas this year was so much fun! Malin and cousin Grady went to see the Broadway Plaza Santa Claus, which I might add was rather impressive for a shopping center St. Nick! Malin also met some new members of the family for the first time ( cousin Marc!!) and really showed her true party girl spirit staying up way past her bed time on Christmas Eve and Night having too much fun with everyone! What can I say a girl after my own heart! Glad we know this ahead of time about Miss Malin! There were so many fun pictures from Christmas but I will choose the top favorites!


Grady taking Malin for a ride in his new Red Wagon!


Two Elves in there Christmas Pajamas!


Malin on Christmas Morning! She was very excited about her new butterfly ball!



The Engbergs loving on Malin!


Finally time to go to bed, with a kiss from Gran Tata on her forehead! I'm sorry but she doesn't look too tired to me! We thought she would fall asleep as soon as we got in the car, but no Malin continued to laugh the whole ride home! Hope everyone had as wonderful a Christmas as we did! This new year will be very exciting, lots of visitors, birthdays and FIRSTS with Malin~

Ciao, D Stone

To Blog or not to Blog...

Hello Bloggers.

I have finally entered the world of blogging! Initially, I had planned to start up this blog after sweet Malin was born and go from there... Well, Malin is now 6 months and I am finally starting! Better late than never I guess. A lot has happened since May 1, so I will do my best at a brief recap:

We moved from:

TO:

Don't fret fellow UW fans! Despite our new California address, we have maintained our loyalty to the Huskies (For now at least...) Also,

Baby Malin Arrived!


Malin Nicole Stone arrived on June 17th, 2010 {6lbs 6oz, 19.5 inches}. Currently, Malin is 5.5 Months old and loving life. She is a very happy and smiley baby and I think on the cusp of some new action i.e teeth, crawling etc etc.
I realize now I have started this blog at the beginning of the busy holiday season. I guess I will take this as a challenge to maintain a blog amidst the busyness of life and Christmas time!

Au Revoir,

D Stone